For more information on the history of The Navigators and Glen Eyrie, we recommend the following books: The Navigators Amazing Grace, Amazing Hope: The Navigators… Read More »Navigator and Glen Eyrie History Reading List
The Topical Memory System is one of The Navigators’ most well-loved study methods. How did the TMS come to be? In 1926 Dawson Trotman came to… Read More »The Topical Memory System
After several temporary accommodations in the Los Angeles area, Dawson and Lila Trotman rented a house in Whittier, California. Daws noted, “I truly thank God… Read More »Dawson and Lila Trotman’s Hospitality
In 1942, Navigators held camps for boys and for girls. The Big Bear Boys Camp used a Presbyterian Lodge, with participants “from grammar school through… Read More »Burgeoning Youth Ministries Almost Sink a Boat
We began to put on annual collegiate conferences at Glen Eyrie in 1957, when the target was “college and young business people with a special… Read More »Hay Loft Operas, Hootenannies, and Whing Dings
Although many other Christian organizations started campus ministries before The Navigators, we officially did not become identified with collegiate ministry until the late 1950s. This… Read More »College Student Demographics in the 1960s
Excerpt from “A History of Our Calling” During World War II, the Navigator work spread to one thousand ships and bases and camps. Our strongest… Read More »Navigator Growth During WWII
From the 1930s onward, Navigators have ministered alongside men and women in their daily workplace contexts. Indeed, during World War II, our main emphasis was… Read More »Early Navigator Businesses and Enterprises
In the early 1960s, Navigator leaders gave much attention to describing the Navigator mission and objectives. Less than a year after he became president of… Read More »Lorne Sanny’s Pursuit of Simplicity and Clarity
By Donald McGilchrist From as early as the extended days of prayer for the nations that Dawson Trotman undertook in 1931 in the hills above… Read More »A Wounded Marine’s Passion for the Nations
Over the years, The Navigators came to be called a Worldwide Partnership. This term is a powerful expression of our approach to international interdependence around… Read More »Developing Our Worldwide Partnership
Lorne Sanny became president of The Navigators in 1956. For thirty years, we were to be led by Lorne, a master of clarity. It is… Read More »Lorne Sanny’s Focus on People
Over a long process in the 1980s and 1990s, The Navigators conducted a study of the Scriptures that involved Navigators from around the world. It… Read More »How the Bible Mobilized Cross-Cultural Navigator Ministry
Through the decades, Navigator leaders have pursued a deeper understanding of what the Scriptures say about the kingdom of God. During the process of drawing… Read More »Eight Ways the Kingdom of God Shaped The Navigators
As the Navigator movement spread throughout the US in the 1940s and 1950s, God also opened doors for our international youth ministries. By the late… Read More »Early International Youth Ministries
Ministry among children and those not yet launched into adult life has always been part of the fabric of The Navigators. Soon after his conversion… Read More »Dawson Trotman’s Youth Ministries
Dawson Trotman realized that he had to focus on and invest more deeply in a few receptive men in order to set them up spiritually for the long haul. So, he focused on a few “strong fellows.” The idea of man-to-man ministry was born.